Patents by Inventor Mark S. Shurtleff

Mark S. Shurtleff has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8296171
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for providing a graphical representation of a business process. According to one embodiment, a method for providing a user-relevant view of a business process can comprise reading a definition of the business process. A determination can be made as to whether a milestone in the business process is relevant to an end user of the business process based on a set of pre-defined milestones for the business process. In response to determining the milestone in the business process is relevant to the end user a visualization of the business process can be generated that includes the milestone. In response to determining the milestone in the business process is not relevant to the end user, a visualization of the business process can be generated that does not include the milestone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Mark S. Shurtleff, Avinash Dabholkar, Sowmya Ramani
  • Publication number: 20090070698
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for providing a graphical representation of a business process. According to one embodiment, a method for providing a user-relevant view of a business process can comprise reading a definition of the business process. A determination can be made as to whether a milestone in the business process is relevant to an end user of the business process based on a set of pre-defined milestones for the business process. In response to determining the milestone in the business process is relevant to the end user a visualization of the business process can be generated that includes the milestone. In response to determining the milestone in the business process is not relevant to the end user, a visualization of the business process can be generated that does not include the milestone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Mark S. Shurtleff, Avinash Dabholkar, Sowmya Ramani
  • Patent number: D695272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Eskild Hansen, Min Jung Chu, Mark S. Shurtleff, Xiaoyuan Dai, Pachongjit Tittiranonda, Ali Ebtekar
  • Patent number: D719966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ali Ebtekar, Xiaoyuan Dai, Min Jung Chu, Chang-Hung Chang, Mark S. Shurtleff, Haiyan Weng, Shaolong Luo, Jiang Wu
  • Patent number: D719967
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ali Ebtekar, Xiaoyuan Dai, Min Jung Chu, Chang-Hung Chang, Mark S. Shurtleff, Haiyan Weng, Shaolong Luo, Jiang Wu
  • Patent number: D719968
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ali Ebtekar, Xiaoyuan Dai, Min Jung Chu, Chang-Hung Chang, Mark S. Shurtleff, Haiyan Weng, Shaolong Luo, Jiang Wu
  • Patent number: D719969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ali Ebtekar, Xiaoyuan Dai, Min Jung Chu, Chang-Hung Chang, Mark S. Shurtleff, Haiyan Weng, Shaolong Luo, Jiang Wu
  • Patent number: D719970
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ali Ebtekar, Xiaoyuan Dai, Min Jung Chu, Chang-Hung Chang, Mark S. Shurtleff, Haiyan Weng, Shaolong Luo, Jiang Wu
  • Patent number: D735166
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Eskild Hansen, Min Jung Chu, Mark S. Shurtleff, Xiaoyun Dai, Pachongjit Tittiranonda, Ali Ebtekar
  • Patent number: D735222
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Ali Ebtekar, Xiaoyuan Dai, Min Jung Chu, Chang-Hung Chang, Mark S. Shurtleff, Haiyan Weng, Shaolong Luo, Jiang Wu